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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:59 PM Original message |
Why is the South/Midwest so religious? |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. more churches? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. ... |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Maybe the South is more religious because of the influence of |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. And yet so |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. They were actually less religous than the northeast |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hurricanes and Tornados.....it's that simple. |
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Carl Skan (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Relative lack of urban centers. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Rural vs Urban |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Jefferson |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Yes, and his Slaves and Plantation may have been the hippie commune of its day |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. The Virginians |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. That is the correct answer |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Jefferson did this to protect minorities |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. What? Do you mean the Senate? Small states have hardly any say in the EC. |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why does the West/Northeast have so many slums and ghettos? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. There are plenty in the south and mid-west as well |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Exactly. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's popular |
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Carl Skan (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That's everywhere though |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Well, true to some extent |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. Go all the way back to those glorious pioneers. The bible was pretty |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Lack of movie theaters and bars. nt |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think it's because both areas were/are predominantly agrarian... |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Yeah, that makes sense. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. god only knows. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. MidWest.... |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sparse population means church is the social center |
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Bravo Zulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. There is nothing out there to stimulate their minds, |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's the difference in religion. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. Too much flouride in the water. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because they descend from criminals Britain dumped in Carolinas and Georgia |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
30. Clearly something different than what is in the water that makes the East and West coast |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. The South and Midwest are one region? |
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